Internet Explorer Has a New Anime Girl Mascot
The new face of IE is a cartoon character named Inori.
Mozilla has that cute little red panda (also known as a firefox), so why shouldn't Microsoft have a mascot for Internet Explorer? Exactly what the folks at Redmond were thinking, apparently. Microsoft today unveiled a brand new mascot for IE, but it's not a cute fuzzy animal. Instead, Microsoft's mascot is an anime character.
Her name is Inori Aizawa and she has her own Facebook page. On it, she introduces herself as the personification of Internet Explorer. She also lists Hikaru (Microsoft's Silverlight mascot) as her cousin and says she's close friends with Nanami (Windows 7) and Yuu and Ai (Windows 8). Inori likes surfing the Internet, HMTL5, karaoke, cats (a must for any Internet browser), and mint-flavored ice cream. She has her own email address (inor.aizawa@outlook.com) and is 18 years old (her birthday is the same date the first version of IE debuted).
Inori says she used to be clumsy and slow but has since matured and is confident in her abilities.
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Without that it seems like Redmond have been replaced by 16 yr old basement dwelllers...
She was made for Microsoft Singapore for an anime festival not to be the worldwide mascot or even the regional one so MS is not saying anything (but people will read into it anyway) other than making a character for a specific event. As for IE11 it is very good and can compete with any other browser on most all features, only place it is lacking is addons or extensions (again people will deny that as well).
Too bad internet explorer is still slow as hell...